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Guide to Copenhagen City ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Information[edit | edit source]

Instructions for finding records are found on the individual parish pages, linked to the parish list below. Locating people in metropolitian areas is often the most difficult to do, and Copenhagen is no exception. Research generally involves identifying what part of the city the family lived. To find the family in census or church records it is easier if you know the street address so you can determine the closest parish or district in the city for the census. Street address can be obtained through sources such as directories, police censuses, civil registration, elderly care records, tax records, and other records.

History[edit | edit source]

Copenhagen has existed at least since the 11th century and was possibly founded by Svein Forkbeard. It replaced Roskilde as the capital of Denmark in 1443. Copenhagen has suffered several disasters throughout its history which affected the population. The following is a list of such disasters:

1349: The Black Death
1405-1406: Plague outbreak
1428: Plague outbreak
1446: Plague outbreak
1460-1461: Plague outbreak
1472: Plague outbreak
1483: Plague outbreak
1546-1548: Plague outbreak
1553-1554: Plague outbreak
1563-1568: Plague outbreak
1575-1578: Plague outbreak
1583-1585: Plague outbreak
1592-1594: Plague outbreak
1601-1603: Plague outbreak
1618-1621: Plague outbreak. 7,000 persons dead
1624-1626: Plague outbreak
1628-1630: Plague outbreak. 5,000 persons dead
1636-1638: Plague outbreak. 5,000 persons dead
1652: Dysentery outbreak
1654: Plague outbreak. 8,500-9,000 persons dead out of a total of 30,000-35,000
1710-1711: Plague outbreak. 22,000-23,000 persons died out of a total population of 60,000
20-23 October 1728: Fire. 28% of the city was destroyed, and 20% of the people were left homeless. Records from the diocese of Zealand were destroyed among other irreplaceable works
5-7 July 1795: Fire. 6,000 of 100,000 inhabitants were made homeless. The rest of the medieval part of the city was destroyed
16 August-5 September 1807: British bombardment of Copenhagen. 1,000 buildings were destroyed, 195 civilians died, and 768 were injured
11 June-October 1853: Cholera outbreak. 7,219 infections were reported of which 4,737 died

Archives, Societies, and Libraries[edit | edit source]

kbhbilleder.dk: historical photographs of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg
National Museum of Denmark
The Royal Library - Den Sorte Diamant
Copenhagen City Archive: Kilder på nettet (Sources on the Internet) digitalized records, some searchable

Districts[edit | edit source]

Copenhagen is part of Sokkelund herred.

Parishes[edit | edit source]

For a list of parishes in Copenhagen see Copenhagen Parish List.
Salldata.dk Gade - sogn i København has a searchable list of streets in Copenhagen city and county which may help you identify which parish it belonged to.

Burial[edit | edit source]

1805-1968 Denmark, Copenhagen City, Burial Registers, 1805-1968 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
1860-1912 Denmark, Copenhagen Burials, 1860-1912 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Census[edit | edit source]

For more information, see Copenhagen: Census.
1771 Oeders Efterretninger 1771 at ddd.dda.dk - data of of married couples, widowers and widows for Zealand, Amager, Møn and Bornholm; FamilySearch Library Catalog: Efterretninger angående ægteparrenes, enkemændenes og enkernes antal i Kjøbenhavn, Sjælland, Møen og Bornholm ... 1771

Records Available at FamilySearch[edit | edit source]

1834 Denmark Census, 1834 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1835 Denmark Census, 1835 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1840 Denmark Census, 1840 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1845 Denmark Census, 1845 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1850 Denmark Census, 1850 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1855 Denmark Census, 1855 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1860 Denmark Census, 1860 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1870 Denmark Census, 1870 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1880 Denmark Census, 1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1890 Denmark Census, 1890 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1901 Denmark Census, 1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1906 Denmark Census, 1906 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1911 Denmark Census, 1911 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1916 Denmark Census, 1916 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1921 Denmark Census, 1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1925 Denmark Census, 1925 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1930 Denmark Census, 1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Records Available Online[edit | edit source]

Politiets Mandtaller (Copenhagen Police Census Records) are are one of the most important records for finding a person's residence in Copenhagen. These records tracked individuals in Copenhagen year by year, creating a valuable database of the city's residents. The police censuses fill in the years between the national censuses and contain vital genealogical material, such as ages, birthplaces, addresses, and occupations.
Copenhagen City Archive: Politiets Registerblade (Copenhagen Police census), 1890-1923
1885 & 1895 Copenhagen, Denmark, Censuses, 1885 and 1895 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
Denmark State Archives: Censuses images
Dansk Demografisk Databas: Census Indexes Incomplete - check here for current status

Civil Marriages Records[edit | edit source]

1739-1964 Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Church Records[edit | edit source]

1484-1941 Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
Julins Registre til Københavns kirkebøger
Arkivalieronline: Copenhagen Church Records Online

Emigration and Immigration Records[edit | edit source]

1788-1850 Pasregnskaber for København, 1788-1850(*); Kommercekollegiet at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1868-1940 Register over udvandrede, 1868-1940(*); Politikammeret (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1869-1911 Register over udvandrere, 1869-1911(*); Politikontoret (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]

1653-1866 Skøde- og panteprotokoller, 1653-1866(*); Byting (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1677-1804 Fæsteprotokoller, 1677-1804(*); Vartov hospital (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1687-1850 Obligationsprotokoller, 1687-1850(*); Byting (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1687-1918 Fæsteprotokoller, 1687-1918(*); Bidstrup gods (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1697-1855 Arveafkald, 1697-1855(*); Byting (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1730-1927 Tingbøger, ca. 1730-1927(*); Byting (København) at FamilySearch Catalog - images